Joseph

Saint Joseph (38 BC-22 AD) was the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus.

Biography
Joseph was the son of Jacob, and he was descended from several prophets and kings; he was a distant relative of Matthew and Luke, as they all traced their ancestries through different sons of King David. Joseph the carpenter was engaged to marry the much younger Mary when she conceived Jesus, said to be the Christ (son of God), in 4 BC, and she gave birth to him in Bethlehem, where Joseph was ordered to register for a Roman census. The new family was forced to flee to Egypt after Joseph had a dream of King Herod the Great ordering Jesus' death, and they remained there until Herod's death. When Jesus was twelve, he was separated from his parents during the return trip from Passover celebrations in Jerusalem, as Jesus was teaching at the Temple. Jesus became a preacher by himself, and Joseph died when Jesus was 26 years old in 22 AD.